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I don't think the away schedule is all that hard - the Pats, Packers and possibly Vikes could be tough, and Ravens and Bengals could be a challenge but both are winnable for sure. Jet's, Browns, Raiders? Other than this season, should be wins. If they go 7-1 and home and 4-4 on the road, that's still a 11-5 season and play offs. Of course, after this year, we know we can lose to anyone at any time.

This much can be uttered in the direction of the Steelers next season: Cheerio, chaps.

A team with something of an international following, though chairman emeritus Dan Rooney no longer works next door as the Ambassador to Ireland, the Steelers will meet the Minnesota Vikings in London next fall. The rest of their time stateside won't be so easy.

Playoff teams Baltimore and Cincinnati, from within their AFC North, plus New England, Green Bay and those Vikings in a division matchup with the NFC Central provide a vexing schedule for a Pittsburgh club attempting to retool from a disappointing and injury-ravaged 8-8 season.

Two bright spots: One-fourth of the schedule also includes teams that will have new coaches -- Cleveland (twice), Buffalo and Chicago -- and six of their eight home games come against teams that had losing records this year.

Their 2013 opponents finished with a 101-107 (.485) regular-season record; however, the Steelers went 4-5 (.444) against much the same schedule this season, facing Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Tennessee, Oakland and the Jets.

We fly far out west 3 times which is not right when you look at the distance the opposition has to travel for our home schedule.the Ravens have to go as far as Denver once and gets all the Western teams, and New England & Houston at home. That's completely bogus.